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    Wonderfully You: An Ode to Adoption

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    When We Become Ours: A YA Adoptee Anthology

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    I have Two Families: A Children’s Book About Adoption

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NJArch maintains an extensive library of books and videos. Borrowing from the library is simple, convenient and offered at no cost to NJ residents. 

Here's how it works: Browse the collection and select the items you wish to borrow. Place the items in your cart, and fill out the required shipping information. The items will be shipped to you by USPS with a return shipping label provided for your convenience. Lending period is 4 weeks.
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The Many Faces of Depression in Children & Adolescents

There is a growing literature describing the stress-vulnerability model of illness, a model applicable to many, if not most, psychiatric disorders and to physic... more
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Wasklick, Bruce
Shaffer, David

The Martian Child

"All David Gerrold wanted was a son. He'd spent more than a year preparing himself for fatherhood--that was the easy part; finding the right match would take a... more
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Gerrold, David

The Martian Child: A Novel About A Single Father Adopting A Son

A Novel about a Single Father Adopting a Son Based on a True Story "Oh. One more thing: Dennis thinks he's a Martian . . . ." Soon-to-be parents are instruct... more
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David Gerrold

The Mistress’s Daughter

"The acclaimed writer A.M. Homes was given up for adoption before she was born. Her biological mother was a twenty-two-year-old single woman who was having an ... more
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Homes, A.M.

The Mulberry Bird

Revised in 1996 to reflect changes in adoption over a decade and re-illustrated in full color, this book now engages yet another generation of five to ten year ... more
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Brodzinsky, Anne Braff

The Ocean Within

When Elizabeth, an eleven-year-old foster child, is adopted by the boisterous, openly affectionate Sheridan family, it is Grandma who decides to use a fresh app... more
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Caldwell, V.M

The Open Adoption Book

An older book that contains valuable information about openness between adoptive parents and birth parents, not only in the early phases of the adoption, but th... more
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Rappaport, Bruce M.

The Open Adoption Experience

The two authors help to demystify open adoption, describing with vivid examples all stages of the relationship---from the initial preparation for open adoption,... more
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Melina, Lois R.
Roszia, Sharon Kaplan

The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption

Prior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open. In 2012, ninety percent or more of adoption agencies are recommending open adopti... more
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Lori Holden
Crystal Hass

The Optimistic Child

A Proven Program to Safeguard Children Against Depression and Build Lifelong Resilience This book offers parents and teachers that proven program, describing t... more
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Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D.
Karen Reivich, Ph.D.
Jane Gillham, Ph.D.
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